Bracket for lumber rollers



' sections Patented Sept. 5, ,1922.f

JosEPHB. Hawks, or Los ANGnLnsoALIronNJ-.a

BRACKET ron` LUivrisnn Romanas.

. Application filed Apri; a?,

To all fw/tomct mai/concern.:

Be it known that I, JOSEPHy B. HAWKs, a/ citizen of the United States, residing at :Los i Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and useful Improvements in a Bracket for Lumber Rollers, of which the following is a specification. l

This invention relates to the mounting of rollers `for supporting articles such as lum- 'ber so that a bed is provided upon which.

the articles may rest and be moved with little effort. 4.

The invention as disclosed herein is embodied in a mounting for rollers .upon vehicles adapted to the transportation of lumberA It is the usual practicein such vehicles to provide rollers extending transverse of the vehicle body With bearing brackets at the sides in which the rollers arejournalled. The tops of the brackets are cut away exposing the rollers, and to maintain the rollers in position the brackets must be formed to partiallyT embrace the rollers. This may be done by placing the rollers in position and then bending the brackets over the rollers. Such a method requires heating of the brackets. Another method is to split the brackets vertically and depend upon bolting the sections to hold them together.` Splitting the brackets makes the rollers and brackets easier to assemble. The weight ot theload on a roller tends to separate the sections of a split bracket, placinga strain upon the bolts. The bracket also wears at the `line of division, and the tendency to move the from each other is increased thereby. Y

It is an object or' this invention to provide a split bracket of the lcharacter described,

4in which there is no tendency to separate the sections, and in which pressureupon the roller tends to draw the sections together.

These objects and `other objects are attained by means `of the embodiment of my invention4 illustrated in the accomjgianyingA 1920. seriaiNb. 377,009. y

-Fig 3 is an enlarged section `taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; Fig.v l is a plan view of a bracket with the sections separated; and

.Fig 5 is a side'elevation of an end bracket.`- State of California, have invented new and Referring more particularly to. Fig.'`1, the bed of the automobile body is indicated by A.. Mounted intermediatev the front and rear of the bed are brackets indicated by B;

the.` rollers is* a load of lumber D. The "Y:

brackets indicated by Bare illustrated in detail in Figs. 2,v 3, and 4. The endvbracket f l vindicated by C is illustrated in Fig. 5.;

Referring to Figs; 2, 3, andv 4;, `it will be noted that the bracket consists `of .two sections Sand 7, The sectionswhen assembled.'

form Aa bracket having a bearing portion inv dicated by 8 and feet indicated by 9l and' y 10. The bearing portion 8 isy in the form oftvvo horns embracing the roller, but lea'ving thetop free. Section 7 has a tenonll which extends into a mortise 12 rin section 6.' The `division of the .bracket is such that` a portion of section 7 extends b eyond the 'median Vertical plane',l and a' portiony of section Gentends vjbeyondsaid plane.` Thus,

the rollerwhenplaced therein will ,rest comy pletely in either section, and there'is substantially no components of `force tending 'toA separate the sections. .The `brackets mayl 1,. be suitably fastened to the bed by bolts, or,

the rsection is indicated by 12 and its base v by 13.l The tenon is indicated by 14:.; It will i be noted that as there is little and substan-` tially no tendency to separate the sections,

that the bolts securing then-section 12,to the i `bed do not have to be large enough to stand,

any substantialstrain. y

What I claim is: f l 1 j `1.` A split bracket bearing comprising sec-y tionshaving feet for securing the sections in position and hook like` yextensions overlapping along a line'extendingon eitherside of the axial-vertical medianv plane 'so-thaty the Weight of the shaft Will hold the sections in position.

2. A split bracket bearing comprising Sections having feet for securing the sections 5 in position, one section having a hook like tenon fitting into a hook like mortise on the other section, the tenon and mortise extending on both sides of the axial vertical medien plane so that the Weight of the shaft Will hold the sections in position. 10

In Witness that I Claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name this 27th day of March, 1920.

JOSEPH B. HAfWKS. 

